Dynamics of internode and stem elongation in three cultivars of maize
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The kinetics of elongation of individual internodes, the peduncle and panicle of maize were studied in field experiments in Gatton (Australia) using two tropical cultivars, and compared to similar data previously collected in Grignon (France) on a temperate cultivar. Data for phytomer initiation and organ extension and appearance were related to thermal time calculated from the temperature in the growing zone. Extension of internodes was analysed using a four stage framework: – an initial exponential stage, transition to rapid extension, rapid (linear) extension and transition to final length. The kinetics of internode extension were similar in Gatton and Grignon, though the rates of processes differed. Transition from stage 1 to stage 2 coincided with collar emergence. The commencement of rapid extension of the peduncle coincided with a transient reduction in the rates of extension of vegetative internodes. Further work is needed to assess whether they are effects of genotype only, or genotype and environment. maize / internode / sheath / tassel / elongation Résumé – Cinétique d’extension des entre-nœuds et de la tige de trois cultivars de maïs. On a caractérisé la cinétique d’extension des entre-nœuds et de la panicule chez le maïs. Les résultats d’expérimentations au champ réalisées à Gatton (Australie) pour deux cultivars tropicaux sont comparés à ceux précédemment obtenus à Grignon (France) pour un cultivar adapté au climat tempéré. L’extension et l’apparition des organes sont analysées en fonction de la somme de température de la zone de croissance. L’extension est analysée selon un schéma en quatre phases : – une phase exponentielle, une phase de transition, une phase linéaire, et une phase de fin d’extension. La fin de la phase 1 coïncide avec l’émergence de la gaine du même phytomère. Les vitesses d’extension relatives (phase 1) ou linéaires (phase 3) diffèrent entre les expérimentations. Des expérimentations complémentaires seraient nécessaires pour déterminer les composantes génétiques et/ou environnementales de ces différences. maïs / entre-nœud / gaine / panicule / extension Communicated by Jean-François Ledent (Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium) Agronomie 22 (2002) 511–524 511 © INRA, EDP Sciences, 2002 DOI: 10.1051/agro:2002030 * Correspondence and reprints [email protected]
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